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Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures
- Reading format
- EPUB in Folarin Bookstore Digital
- Language
- en
About this book
Creators: Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) "Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures" by Heinrich Hoffmann is a children's book written and illustrated in 1845. This collection of ten rhymed cautionary tales shows children suffering disastrous consequences for their misbehavior. A girl plays with matches, a thumb-sucker meets a scissor-wielding tailor, and a boy who refuses soup wastes away. Each story delivers stark moral lessons through exaggerated punishments. Originally created as a Christmas gift for Hoffmann's young son, this pioneering work combines visual and verbal storytelling in ways that foreshadowed modern comic books. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 87.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 5585